Spartan Basketball Begins Home Slate Tonight

Nov 20, 2007

The York College basketball teams hit the Charles Wolf Gymnasium
floor tonight in their 2007-08 home openers. The women's team
hosts former CAC foe Goucher at 6:00 pm while the men's team
battles Gettysburg at 8:00 pm. Live Stats and the ESPN Radio audio
feed are available. (ESPN will pick up the end of the women's
game before broadcasting the men's game).

The Spartan women look to continue their fast start to the
2007-08 campaign as former Capital Athletic Conference foe Goucher
College visits York, Pennsylvania. Coach Betsy Witman’s
squad opens their home slate tonight after going 2-0 at the
Guildford College Tip-Off Tournament in basketball-rich North
Carolina.

In their first game, the Spartans rolled to an 82-62 victory
over Ferrum. All-CAC forward Kristen Daly
poured in a game-high 19 points while also pulling down 14
rebounds. Every one of York’s starters tallied in
double-figures including freshman April Sparkman
who notched eleven points while starting in her first collegiate
game.

Against Averett, the Spartans stayed hot earned a decisive 74-58
win. Daly continued her stellar performance as the senior
scored 21 points, grabbed seven rebounds, recorded two blocks, and
snatched two steals. For her efforts, Daly was named
tournament MVP averaging a double-double (20 points and 10.5
rebounds) for the two games. Amanda
Andrews, who had tallied 14 points the day before, poured
in 14 points while both All-CAC guard Keli Ward
and Chanel Perez registered 11 points each.

The Spartan men open their 2007-08 home slate hosting the
Gettysbury College Bullets. Last weekend, York traveled to
Salem, VA for Roanoke College’s V Foundation Classic.
In their first game against the host squad, the green and white
found themselves in early 15-0 hole and were unable to dig out
eventually falling 73-50. Rebounding the next afternoon, the
Spartans took out their frustrations from the previous game
dropping Frostburg State 89-75 to improve their early season record
to 1-1.

Against Frostburg, senior Levi Winters notched
a double-double pouring in 19 points and grabbing 14
rebounds. Thus far, Winters is York’s leading scorer
averaging 13.5 points per contest. Sophomores Nick
Brady and Jeremy Keefer each added 16
points in the game to help catapult the Spartans to the
season’s first victory.